Pencil and pen pocket



A.`M. SHAFER PENCIL AND PEN POCKET Oct. 15, 19,35.

Filed April 25, 1955 Patented Oct. 15, 1935 UNIEDY STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a removable pocket and more particularly to a removable pocket for use in holding pencils and pens.

An object of this invention is to provide a pocket or container which is open at one end to receive articles such as pencils, pens or the like, the device comprehending the positioning of the pencils or pens with the point extending toward the bottom of the pocket so that no protruding portion of the article will injure any garment to which the device is attached.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pocketor container of this type which is eX- ceedingly simple in construction and which is provided with means whereby the walls of the pocket are placed under a sufcient tension so that the articles therein will be held against slipping out when the pocket is inverted.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the present preierred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:-

Figure l is a detail front elevation of a device constructed according to the embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken substantially through the center of the device.

Figure 3 is a detail front elevation of the spring used for tensioning the front and rear walls of the device.

Referring to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference .designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral Il! designates generally a pocket structure comprising a front wall II and a back wall I2, which are secured together along three edges thereof by means of stitching I3. The back wall I2 at the upper edge thereof extends above and beyond the upper edge of the front w-all II, as at I4.

In the present instance, this pocket structure comprising the front and rear walls II and I2, respectively, is constructed of leather, but I do not wish to be limited to this particular material as the pocket herein disclosed may be constructed of any other desired material.

The front and rear walls I I and I2, respec? tively, are placed under tension by means of a U-shaped spring or tensioning member I5. The parallel legs of this member I5 en gage against the juncture between the front and rear walls II and I2, and initially this spring member I5 is constructed with the legs thereof divergent so that when the tensioning member I5 is inserted within the pocket, the two walls of the pocket will be placed under sutlcientl tension so as to hol-d or clamp articles inserted within the pocket between these two walls. The bight of the tensioning member I5 is positioned at the bottom of the pocket and also acts as a means to prevent tearing of the pocketby the points of pencils, pens or the like, which are inserted in the pocket. By extending the rear wall I2, as at I4, above the upper edge of the front Wall II, this extension provides a means whereby .during the initial insertion of articles into the pocket, the points of the articles will not mar or injure the garment to which the pocket is attached, and to protect against breakage, points of sharpened pencils during work or movements of user.

In order to provide means whereby the pocket I!) may be removably secured to a garment, I have provided a clip comprising a base plate I6 provided with outwardly extending lugs I'I ad- 20 jacent the upper end thereof. This plate I6 is secured as by rivets or fastening members I8 to the front face of the front wall I I, and the plate I6 is reverted or bent downwardly, as at I9. This front portion I9 is continued downwardly by a 25 relatively narrow or thin extension terminating in an eye or round head 2l, which is adapted to contact with the front face of the base plate I6. ,The base plate I6 is provided on each side of the contacting portion of the head 2| with detents 30 22 which are spaced apart a slight distance so that the head 2| will seat inthe space between these two detents and the head 2| will thereby press the garment into the space between these two detents, which detents will coact with the pressure of the clip to hold the pocket against loss in the event the pocket is inverted.

In the use of this device, the pocket I0 is adapted to be positioned in a pocket of a garment or the like, or if desired, this pocket I0 may be at- 40 tached to an edge of a garment by slipping the edge of the garment between the clip. The articles, such as pencils, pens or other pointed articles, may be placed in the pocket between the front and rear walls, and due to the tension under lwhich these walls are constantly placed, the articles will be yieldably held within the pocket with a portion of the articles protruding above the upper edge of the front wall I I.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim. 55":5 What is claimed isr- -f A device as set forth, comprising a pair of substantially rectangular-shaped flexible members, stitching securing the members together along three sides, a U-shaped tensioning member disposed between the flexible members, and a clip secured to one of said exible members, said clip 10 comprising a base plate, means for securing said plate to said one flexible member, a pair of detents integral With the plate and disposed in vertically spaced rel-ation to each other, a yieldable arm integral with the plate and disposed in substantially parallel relation thereto, and a looped clamping member integral with the arm and disposed between the detents for clamping a fabric against the plate. 

